The MacBook Pro costs $1,199.00. The ThinkPad Edge costs $694.00. That's a $505 premium. Sure, I can get a regular MacBook for $999, but they use the older generation Intel processors and I want to future-proof my laptop for a little longer.

Beyond the $505 premium, there are other switching costs, such as buying a new copy of Office, $99 at student prices on the Mac, as well as a $29 adapter to be able to project the screen on a monitor. That brings the total up to $633.